Garrett Petersen
@gpetersen.bsky.social
Dad running for NY-02 to make Long Island more affordable for working families. #LGM.
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Long Island deserves a Representative who fights for working families and stands up to Trump’s attacks. Meanwhile, Andrew Garbarino can’t even wake up to vote.
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I'm running for Congress because I know we can fight our way out of this. Be a day 1 donor: secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
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I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
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At least Dems got a ceremonial vote on the ACA subsidies in the senate so Susan Collins can vote against her party on that knowing it won’t pass but she’ll be able to run on another vote that allows her to pretend to be a moderate. The deal is an in-kind contribution to Collins.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
At least Dems got a ceremonial vote on the ACA subsidies in the senate so Susan Collins can vote against her party on that knowing it won’t pass but she’ll be able to run on another vote that allows her to pretend to be a moderate. The deal is an in-kind contribution to Collins.
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he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
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If Nathan Samuels didn’t want to get shivved by Patel for UE Prime Minister, maybe he should have sucked less
The only thing Bsky talks more about than politics is space politics.
We’re doing starwars discourse again?
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If Nathan Samuels didn’t want to get shivved by Patel for UE Prime Minister, maybe he should have sucked less
I half expect ICP to take a full face turn on this issue on principle.
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I half expect ICP to take a full face turn on this issue on principle.
Lucy and the football, meaningless vote that won't matter, etc
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Lucy and the football, meaningless vote that won't matter, etc
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oh baby something might be happening here, just need a few pushes (primaries)
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
oh baby something might be happening here, just need a few pushes (primaries)
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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musk's extwitter was a failure by any quantitative metric of business or technical performance. he and his stans ended up revising the goal to make it an ideological performance, and that had a much bigger impact
OpenAI "proved" that LLMs are a viable product and X "proved" that you can fire large numbers of employees
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
musk's extwitter was a failure by any quantitative metric of business or technical performance. he and his stans ended up revising the goal to make it an ideological performance, and that had a much bigger impact
It's nice to see the Republican Party stumbling onto the truth: the most cost effective way for Americans to have health coverage is M4A. Unlike them I've been on board for a long time.
Let's turn them out of Congress and get it done.
secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
Let's turn them out of Congress and get it done.
secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's nice to see the Republican Party stumbling onto the truth: the most cost effective way for Americans to have health coverage is M4A. Unlike them I've been on board for a long time.
Let's turn them out of Congress and get it done.
secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
Let's turn them out of Congress and get it done.
secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
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it's funny that Trump is the only guy who can take a cave and make it into a even Greater L
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
it's funny that Trump is the only guy who can take a cave and make it into a even Greater L
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New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Trump take Sunday sauce
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump take Sunday sauce
Voiceover: In fact, it works spectacularly well and you just suck.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Voiceover: In fact, it works spectacularly well and you just suck.
At the end of the day it's Reconstruction Dems versus the Vichy Caucus and the nuts and bolts of policy are for now secondary.
My position is firmly on the "Reconstruction" side of the leger, if that wasn't clear.
My position is firmly on the "Reconstruction" side of the leger, if that wasn't clear.
a lot of you could stand to follow Marshall's attitude here (which is very close to mine) and more importantly, get your friends and family to share it
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At the end of the day it's Reconstruction Dems versus the Vichy Caucus and the nuts and bolts of policy are for now secondary.
My position is firmly on the "Reconstruction" side of the leger, if that wasn't clear.
My position is firmly on the "Reconstruction" side of the leger, if that wasn't clear.
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All across America last week, Dems showed up and generally kicked the piss out of the Republicans who are hellbent on destroying our country and our freedoms.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All across America last week, Dems showed up and generally kicked the piss out of the Republicans who are hellbent on destroying our country and our freedoms.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
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Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
Normie voters absolutely do not want to "get along" any more, we saw it knocking doors this year for local elections. The #1 question we heard from actual Dem voters was "what are you going to do about ICE?" (which unfortunately isn't a lot on the town/county level but still).
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Normie voters absolutely do not want to "get along" any more, we saw it knocking doors this year for local elections. The #1 question we heard from actual Dem voters was "what are you going to do about ICE?" (which unfortunately isn't a lot on the town/county level but still).
I'm on Long Island (which has been pretty bad for us recently!), I'm running in what's a swing district by any charitable measure, and capitulation to the Republicans ruining our country is Vichy behavior and should not be tolerated.
The fascists only win if we enable them. Fucking fight back.
The fascists only win if we enable them. Fucking fight back.
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I'm on Long Island (which has been pretty bad for us recently!), I'm running in what's a swing district by any charitable measure, and capitulation to the Republicans ruining our country is Vichy behavior and should not be tolerated.
The fascists only win if we enable them. Fucking fight back.
The fascists only win if we enable them. Fucking fight back.
All across America last week, Dems showed up and generally kicked the piss out of the Republicans who are hellbent on destroying our country and our freedoms.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All across America last week, Dems showed up and generally kicked the piss out of the Republicans who are hellbent on destroying our country and our freedoms.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.
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Tell that to the Georgia Democrats and the New Jersey Democrats and the Virginia Democrats and the California Democrats who powered landslide victories this past Tuesday
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Tell that to the Georgia Democrats and the New Jersey Democrats and the Virginia Democrats and the California Democrats who powered landslide victories this past Tuesday
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As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.